Elianto Indigo Shine & China Glaze Midnight Mission

Elianto Indigo Shine: index and ring fingers (three coats)
China Glaze Midnight Mission: middle and little fingers (two coats)

The base of Midnight Mission is blue while Indigo Shine has a teal base. Because the glitter in both is silver, the base tints it. Both are similar but definitely not dupes!

Midnight Mission is more opaque, needing only two coats. Indigo Shine needs three but I think it’s worth it. Which do you prefer? Should I keep both?

Elianto Racing Green

Collection: Sparkling Diva

Green jelly with gold glitter. This is the most well-known polish of this collection; it made the Elianto brand famous on MUA! It’s a gorgeous green that’s similar to Orly Meet Me Under the Mistletoe. I don’t have MMUTM but I heard that Racing Green leans a little more yellow, so they’re not dupes. I’m glad I found RG because it killed my lemming for MMUTM.

Two easy coats gave me great coverage. As usual, the finish was shiny and smooth, so it’s alright to skip the top coat. This is the last of my Sparkling Diva polishes so I hope you enjoyed them! I wanted to post this up last week but it slipped my mind, so here's a bonus bottle shot! Thanks for looking!

From the left: Glittery Nickel, Racing Green, Indigo Shine

Polish sandwich:
• Elianto Racing Green (2 coats)

Elianto Indigo Shine

Collection: Sparkling Diva

Dark teal jelly with silver glitter. When I first bought this polish, I thought it was blue. But when compared to a true blue based polish, it’s very obviously teal. The best thing I really like about silver glitter is how it reflects the base color beautifully. In Persian Indigo, it was purple, and here, it’s teal!

The formula was a bit thin and sheer, needing three coats for full opacity. Still, there are no bumps despite the glitter, and it dries with a high shine. Thanks for reading!

Polish sandwich:
• Elianto Indigo Shine (3 coats)

Fairy Wings

As mentioned in my previous post, I have two more Elianto polishes to show you. But before that, I wanted to show you how Elianto Lilac would look layered over another color. In my swatch post, I pointed out that Lilac is very sheer even at four coats. So I tried it over a beige cream.

This looks like off-white with light pink glitter in both direct and indirect sunlight (as in see the two photos above). But that is misleading as it hardly appears like that in real life.

While the particles in Lilac are a mixture of pink and gold, the pink appears more strongly because of the sheer lilac base. I can usually see the pink glow whenever any light hits my nails but my camera can’t seem to capture that properly. The glitter should be brighter and more vibrant than the picture above.

Elianto Lilac

Collection: Sparkling Diva

Sheer lilac jelly with pink and gold glass flecks Lilac is the most delicate and sheer of all the Sparkling Diva polishes that I have tried. It is also the only one that has pink glitter; all the others have silver or just gold glitter. I bought this together with Shimmer Pink and thought it was really pretty! And it is if you’re into shades like this – which I am normally not.

I can still see my VNL even after four thin coats. When I did a full manicure though, I settled with three thick coats instead. I have put this on as a full manicure a couple of times but now prefer it as a layering polish. It dries smooth and shiny so it’s fine even when I skip the top coat.
Thanks for reading! What colors should I try layering this over? (:

Polish sandwich:
• Elianto Lilac (4 coats)

Elianto Glittery Nickel

Collection: Sparkling Diva

Greyed purple with silver micro-glitter. This is one of those colors that are hard to categorize. It looks like dark grey in my pictures, especially in the shade, but it definitely leans more purple in real life. I really like this shade, because I have a weak spot for colors that are “in-between” and hard to classify.

The formula was a bit thick, and I needed a third coat to cover up some bald patches. Perhaps if I thin it, two coats might be enough. It dried smooth and glossy like all the others from the same line. To enlarge the pictures, please click on them! Thanks for looking!

Polish sandwich:
• Elianto Glittery Nickel (3 coats)

Elianto Tangerine Orange

Collection: Sparkling Diva

Orange jelly with gold micro-glitter. I don’t have any orange nail polish, this belongs to my mum. I asked her to get the Elianto polishes for me and she got this for herself at the same time. Two weeks later, when when she was deciding which color to paint her toes, I discovered that she already had a very similar shade from SkinFood! Isn't it funny how we keep buying colors we already have? Still, it’s a bright, sparkly and summery orange which I find myself liking! I’ll have to try it out on my toes someday.

The jelly base is not as sheer as Shimmer Pink, though it still required three coats to cover up some bald spots. The application and finish of this is similar to all the others from the Sparkling Diva collection. It is not very thick, allowing for easy control and dries to a smooth, shiny finish.

Thanks for looking!

Polish sandwich:
• Elianto Tangerine Orange (3 coats)

Elianto Night Glitters

Collection: Sparkling Diva

Dark olive green jelly with gold glitter. This is as beautiful as Persian Indigo! It was the first color I tested when I bought my Eliantos and it doesn’t disappoint! The gold glitter is a great complement to the olive green base, peaking through the smooth jelly to sparkle whenever the light hits it.

This has great coverage in two coats and dries to a smooth and glossy shine. Sometimes the glitter appears green on the nail, but it’s definitely gold during removal. Feel free to click on the pictures to enlarge them. Thanks for reading!

Polish sandwich:
• China Glaze Strong Adhesion Base Coat (1 coat)
• Elianto Night Glitters (2 coats)

Elianto Shimmer Pink

Collection: Sparkling Diva

Pink jelly with silver micro-glitter. The color is true to the picture above. When I first bought this, I liked it quite a lot. I think that was when I was just starting to discover nail bloggers. But I now realize that it’s not unique at all, though it is very pretty to look at.

The jelly provides a good base for the glitter to suspend in, but it is too sheer to provide the depth that the darker colors (from the same collection) have. Despite the amount of glitter seen, it dries to a smooth and shiny finish.

Thanks for looking!

Polish sandwich:
• China Glaze Strong Adhesion Base Coat (1 coat)
• Elianto Shimmer Pink (3 coats)

Elianto Persian Indigo

Collection: Sparkling Diva

Dark purple jelly with silver glitter. Although I’m not a big glitter fan, I’ve also had a soft spot for purple jelly glitters. They remind me of jam, especially grape flavored ones. When I first heard the name of this polish, I thought it would be a blue leaning purple. Instead, it’s a beautiful deep reddish purple. The translucent base allows the glitter to shine through, causing some of them to flash purple.

The pigmentation is great and opacity was achieved in two easy coats. Although there is a lot of glitter (which you will realize during removal), it dries to a smooth finish and has the usual shine expected from a jelly. If the night sky were dark purple instead of blue, this is how I imagine it would look like.

Please feel free to click on the pictures to see the pretty glitter! Thanks for reading!

Polish sandwich:
• Elianto Persian Indigo (2 coats)